Taking photographs of bassets on one of their walks brings out their most stubborn and sulky behaviour. Any notions of modelling and posing have to be forgotten, these bassets just want to walk. At their own pace, in their own time with as many sniff stops as they... I am not sure where the pot of gold was but the rainbow tumbled down the hillside creating a bright halo effect over the trees. The wet with drizzle meant I didn’t linger long outside today. Being a stranger in a foreign land can be a lonely place. I started this blog to share what our new life was like with family and friends. Little did I know then that I’d have 1001 things to say. But indeed I have. This is my 1001 Domestic Executive post... Golden grasses, blue skies and gentle clouds – my idea of a perfect summer’s day. That was yesterday. Today the temperature has dropped 15 degrees, the wind has picked up by 60km/hr and we have blanket clouds dropping rain all over my grass. This... When I answered the phone and I knew it was the vets, I feared the worst. Big Basset was creating chaos – howling and crying. Wanting to come home. Wanting his brother and wanting the pain in his eye to go away. His howl is my command. I went straight... 